as in executive
a person who manages or directs something
a restaurant where the city's top execs like to have power lunches
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Recent Examples of exec
This week, Ashley and I are attending the annual JPMorgan Health Care Conference – the largest gathering of biotech and pharma execs, investors and analysts in the U.S.
The conference is a pulse for what to expect from the health-care industry in 2025.
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Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot,bertha Coombs, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
Business Tech News #5 – Amex exec says payment tech will drive SMB customer loyalty.
—Gene Marks, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Venu responded to the challenges of launching a new sports streamer with headlong momentum, landing former Apple exec Pete Distad to serve as CEO last March before setting a launch target and an opening subscription rate of $42.99 per month.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Different execs may have different answers to that.
—Scott Powers, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot,bertha Coombs, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
Business Tech News #5 – Amex exec says payment tech will drive SMB customer loyalty.
—Gene Marks, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Venu responded to the challenges of launching a new sports streamer with headlong momentum, landing former Apple exec Pete Distad to serve as CEO last March before setting a launch target and an opening subscription rate of $42.99 per month.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Different execs may have different answers to that.
—Scott Powers, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exec
Noun
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Microsoft, Google, Meta and Amazon donated the same amount, but as companies rather than from executives.—
Hayden Field,
CNBC,
17 Jan. 2025
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Lady Jessica, Dune Lynch may have all but disowned Dune after battling with studio executives over the film’s final cut, but the sci-fi epic still serves as one of his most dazzling feats of costuming, thanks to the ingenious work of designer Bob Ringwood.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
17 Jan. 2025
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Clay Smith, the operations manager for Moonshine University, says that these changes can be exacerbated by external factors such as temperature swings, humidity, light exposure, introduction of oxygen, and time.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
23 Jan. 2025
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That’s a positive for whitetail deer hunters and managers.—
Josh Honeycutt,
Outdoor Life,
23 Jan. 2025
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More than 20 years later, Riklis’s loyal adaptation has opponents just as the book did, and even more so because of the nationality of its director.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2025
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And that starts with a trio of other truly awful nominees: Kash Patel for FBI director, Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence and Bobby Kennedy Jr. for secretary of health and human services.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Some parents, for example, said nursing home administrators told them their children couldn’t go home until the family had a large private bedroom for the disabled child.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
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The test administrator injects dye into the blood vessels.—
Sarah Bradley,
Health,
17 Jan. 2025
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Trump could embolden their plans Century High School wins inaugural superintendent’s cup for Carroll fall sports Carroll career center fashion show presents student work in high-energy live display Juvenile court records in Maryland are not public.—
Chris Papst,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Jan. 2025
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Just before Christmas, the organization also held a virtual training session with 29 superintendents about how to prepare for any immigration raids or deportations that affect their student populations.—
Didi Martinez,
NBC News,
12 Jan. 2025
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“Exec.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exec. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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